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Rear-Admiral William Carnegie, Earl of Northesk

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Location: The crypt (north side) of St Paul’s Cathedral, London

Type: Tomb

Material: Stone

Date of death: 28 May 1831
Place of death: Albemarle St, London

Description A plain box tomb, made of stone, with a brass plaque bearing the inscription.
Dimensions: 230 cm × 93 cm × 71.5 cm high

Transcription

(in Gothic lettering)

Sacred to the Memory of William vii. Earl

of Northesk G.C.B.Admiral of the Red

Rear Admiral of Great Britain and third in

command in the glorious Victory of Trafalgar.

Born April x MDCCIviii

Died May xxviii MDCCCxxxi

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